WEDDINGS
Image: Gina Fernandes
On a sun kissed afternoon, Chloe and Adam contemplated the verdant lusciousness of the grounds of Molecey Mill. For them there was no contest for a place to host their wedding party after they visited the Mill: ‘The appeal was that there was no corporate package, no production-line style event but instead a laid back vibe which was much more in tune with what we wanted for our friends and family,’ explains Chloe.
the pull to the Deepings is great for Chloe and Adam, visiting most weekends from their home in Leicestershire, so it was for the Moleceys whose legacy lives on even today. As the swallows return for the summer, as they have for centuries, so the couple plan their wedding as they have been planned here over many years. For Chloe and Adam, the marquee will be on Owl Island surrounded by trees and the river as it winds its way through the estate. The wedding party will have already been sustained by drinks served in the stables and close family members will have enjoyed a night’s rest in the individually designed rooms on beds which have been described as so many clouds!
What perhaps was not immediately evident was that this wedding would be a ‘coming home’ uniting the history of the Mill, bought by local baker John Molecey in 1760, with a young couple starting out on their married life together as John and Eleanor had done all those years ago! Eleanor was the niece of Mary Thorpe of Thorpe’s Mill (next to Molecey’s on the Stamford Road). Adam has been brought up in Market Deeping, attending pre-school at The Green School in Church Street founded by John’s daughter Elizabeth Molecey in 1851. Both Chloe and Adam attended the Deepings School and have chosen to be married at St Guthlac’s with their photos taken a stone’s throw from the tombs of John (d. 1790) and Eleanor (d. 1779). The Molecey family looked to Market Deeping as their local town and famously had a gingerbread shop there. Just as
Chloe and Adam had been firm friends since school days when they had met in the lunch queue; the pair each have two brothers; Chloe, Jordan and Tyler, and Adam, Matt and Will and a strong friendship bond developed between the two families. Adam went off to University in Bangor where he studied Product Design and Chloe went to De Montfort where she studied Human Resource Management, Both now have careers Image: Gina Fernandes
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